UIIABP0005 Practical Language 1

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Barbora Hamplová (seminar tutor)
Steven Morris, M.A. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Libor Práger, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Diana Adamová, Ph.D.
Institute of Computer Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable of Seminar Groups
UIIABP0005/A: Mon 13:05–14:40 M15-LUCJ, Wed 13:05–14:40 M15-LUCJ, B. Hamplová, S. Morris
Prerequisites
Language skills at the level of the admission exams.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course is the first in a series of practical language courses. It aims at the overall development of grammar, vocabulary, writing, listening and speaking. The textbook FCE Result used in the course corresponds to Level Three in the Cambridge ESOL five-level system and Council of Europe Level B2.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to:
- communicate in the most common situations
- write a short letter
- understand a simplified written text
Syllabus
  • 1. (Unit 1) Describing personality
  • 2. (Unit 1) Expressing future
  • 3. (Unit 2) Describing natural landscape
  • 4. (Unit 2) Verb patterns
  • 5. (Unit 3) Extreme adjectives
  • 6. (Unit 3) Past tenses
  • 7. (Unit 4) Films
  • 8. (Unit 4) Simple and continuous aspect
  • 9. (Unit 5) Verbs connected with speech
  • 10. (Unit 5) Reported speech
  • 11. (Unit 6) Travel
  • 12. (Unit 6) Modal verbs
Literature
    required literature
  • Paul A. Davies, Tim Falla. FCE Result - Student´s Book. Oxford, 2008. ISBN 9780194800273. info
    recommended literature
  • SWAN, Michael. Practical English usage. Fourth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. ISBN 9780194202435
  • HORNBY, A. S. Oxford advanced learner's dictionary of current English. 6th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0194315852.
  • MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use: a reference and practice book for intermediate learners of English: without answers. 4th ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-18908-8.
  • McCARTHY, M., O´DELL, F. English Vocabulary in Use. Cambridge, 2005. info
  • GRÁF, T., PETERS, S. Nová cvičebnice anglické gramatiky. Český Těšín: Polyglot, 1998. ISBN 80-86195-00-7. info
Teaching methods
Tutorial
Assessment methods
Written assignment. Written and oral exam.
Compulsory attendance min. 70 %.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2020, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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